Popp & Associates is dedicated to providing expert college admissions guidance to students and their families. We welcome the opportunity to assist you with your college counseling needs.
Now that the school year is well underway, we want to recommend some valuable resources to help everyone stay on track. Beyond BookSmart is a company that assists students with strengthening their executive function skills through personalized coaching. We are including a Beyond BookSmart resource that will enable your student to get organized and succeed in school. Engaging Minds, another company that provides executive function coaching, also has an extensive list of resources for families to explore. Architects For Learning provides similar services in addition to assistance with speaking, reading, and writing skills and supports students in kindergarten-college. Lastly, we are fans of Frankenberger Associates which offers a variety of services including testing, counseling, cognitive skills building, parent coaching and more. All of these companies have earned rave reviews from customers, so please check them out and discover what they can do to help your student achieve their potential.
We hope these tools will be beneficial for your family and wish you much success for the school year!
News For High School Families
P&A is happy to share college admission and financial aid news and other topics of interest with high school families. Here are some of the articles recently featured in our social media:
The fall months are filled with valuable FREE workshops, college fairs and other outreach events for high school families. Students are encouraged to take advantage of these opportunities to explore schools and learn more about the admission process firsthand from college representatives.
Multiple panel discussions covering a wide range of topics related to the college search and application process, as well as workshops, are now available. Parents and students are encouraged to attend.
MEFA(Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority) is offering events for both parents and students. Learn about college financing options, college admissions and more.
NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling) will be hosting virtual and in-person college fairs for prospective college students beginning in September. To learn more and register to attend, please click here.
NEACAC(New England Association for College Admission Counseling) will be offering in-person college fairs this fall starting in September. To learn more, please visit this website.
Six Colleges (Amherst, Bowdoin, Carleton, Pomona, Swarthmore, and Williams) is offering free virtual events for high school families and educators this fall. Please visit this website to learn more.
15 on the 15th: Liberal Arts Colleges Across the U.S.is a group of 15 colleges that will be offering virtual events for prospective students on the 15th of each month through December 2022. This group includes Bates College, Skidmore College, Wesleyan University and others. For additional information and to register, please read here.
Families often ask us for assistance finding college scholarships, and RaiseMe
is on our list of recommendations. Students can benefit most from RaiseMe by creating an account early in high school, though upperclassmen can still participate. Good grades, community service and extracurricular involvement are recognized and rewarded with scholarship opportunities. For more information and to get started creating your free account, visit RaiseMe today!
